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While other states have had more, high-profile cases, the Nevada Legislature has not been immune to allegations of sexual misconduct. State lawmakers began to examine and expand their existing sexual … Click to Continue »

A U.S. Air Force Academy cadet has pleaded guilty to taking improper photographs of women without their consent. The school said freshman cadet Sammy Tawakkol entered the plea Thursday and … Click to Continue »

Wildlife officials in the United States declared Canada lynx recovered on Thursday and said the snow-loving wild cats no longer need special protections following steps to preserve their habitat. The … Click to Continue »

President Donald Trump has accused an FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team of "treason." Trump made the comment in an interview Thursday with The … Click to Continue »

Authorities have charged a man with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Washington state sheriff's deputy after a home invasion. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Frank Pawul also was charged … Click to Continue »

Members of a newly formed House and Senate committee dived back into the politically charged issues of judicial redistricting and judicial elections on Thursday, with several questioning details of a … Click to Continue »

The Lower Brule Sioux chairman on Thursday urged South Dakota lawmakers to expand the Medicaid health coverage program and work with tribes to fight methamphetamine use. Chairman Boyd Gourneau said … Click to Continue »

Two Utah lawmakers had to take additional sexual harassment training over the past decade after allegations of sexual harassment were made against them — including one who, according to records, … Click to Continue »

Police say a village official in upstate New York has shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and himself with a rifle outside an apartment complex. Police say 55-year-old … Click to Continue »

President Trump said in an interview Thursday that an FBI agent in the special counsel's Russia probe committed "treason" by texting his lover an anti-Trump message, and he called for Republican investigators in Congress to conclude their probes swiftly.

The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says he wants to interview the president's daughter as part of the panel's Russia investigation, along with other witnesses who Republicans aren't … Click to Continue »

Alabama Senate Republicans, in their legislative agenda announced Thursday, proposed a modest tax cut that would allow more taxpayers to take the maximum standard deduction on their state income taxes. … Click to Continue »

Democrats and Republicans had different opinions on what effect the Trump presidency might have on midterm elections as candidates seeking seats in the Montana Legislature began filing for office on … Click to Continue »

Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell filed a bill Thursday that aims to require able-bodied adults without young children to work if they want TennCare health coverage. The proposal would accept … Click to Continue »

Fortune Cookie

Dear Mister Language Person: I am curious about the expression, "Part of
this complete breakfast". The way it comes up is, my 5-year-old will be
watching TV cartoon shows in the morning, and they'll show a commercial for
a children's compressed breakfast compound such as "Froot Loops" or "Lucky
Charms", and they always show it sitting on a table next to some actual food
such as eggs, and the announcer always says: "Part of this complete
breakfast". Don't that really mean, "Adjacent to this complete breakfast",
or "On the same table as this complete breakfast"? And couldn't they make
essentially the same claim if, instead of Froot Loops, they put a can of
shaving cream there, or a dead bat?
Answer: Yes.
-- Dave Barry, "Tips for Writer's"